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IAAF World Juniors Track & Field Championships
August 15-20, 2006 @ Chaoyang Sport Centre in Beijing, China
(Global championships for athletes born in 1987 or later)
Mike Kennedy, Doug Speck, & Jim Spier on site!

DAY THREE RESULTS!

DyeStatCal's full recap (summaries, photos, results) from Day 3 of 6

USATF - Jason Oliver (400m) and Nicole Leach (400mH) take home silver medals!
IAAF am session - more qualifying heads the action!
IAAF pm session - Chinese Men's HJ gold leads strong session!

FULL DAY THREE RESULTS

11th IAAF World Junior Championships Beijing 15/20-Aug-2006
August 16 Results
MEN

Official Results - 200 Metres - Men - Heats
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 8 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:50 Wind: -0.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 786 Perry Willie USA 21.11 Q 0.179
2 8 695 Strandquist Per SWE 21.26 Q 0.154
3 6 61 Matthijs Arnout BEL 21.36 q 0.163
4 2 618 Abdulkaderov Ramis RUS 21.76 0.166
5 5 202 Altés Marc ESP 21.92 0.176
6 4 11 Piorno Daniel Nicolás ARG 22.13 0.162
3 551 Al-Sooli Abdullah OMA DQ 0.000
Heat 2 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:56 Wind: -1.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 2 24 Mulcahy Kurt AUS 21.26 Q (PB) 0.162
2 5 397 Galvan Matteo ITA 21.33 Q 0.178
3 4 742 Bodrov Ihor UKR 21.36 q 0.164
4 8 116 Chen Yibo CHN 21.71 0.190
5 7 267 Nubret Nyls FRA 21.92 0.152
6 6 359 Leung Ki Ho HKG 22.13 0.148
7 3 342 Vassallo Daryl GIB 22.24 (NJ) 0.166
Heat 3 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 11:02 Wind: -0.4 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 192 Nazareno Franklin ECU 21.21 Q (NJ) 0.176
2 5 231 Niit Marek EST 21.24 Q 0.234
3 6 110 Hyman Kemar CAY 21.41 q 0.150
4 1 430 Ishitsuka Yusuke JPN 21.42 q 0.144
5 3 816 Mvumvure Gabriel ZIM 22.08 0.168
6 2 704 Muadmueng Yutthapong THA 22.33 0.196
7 32 Vanderent Aaron AUS DNF 0.152
8 487 Arajs Ronalds LAT DNS 0.000
Heat 4 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 11:08 Wind: -1.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 48 Gittens Ramon BAR 21.26 Q 0.167
2 5 370 Szebeny Miklós HUN 21.48 Q 0.206
3 7 293 Pierre Rion GBR 21.51 q 0.142
4 2 684 Schenkel Reto SUI 21.65 0.144
5 1 718 Yi Wei-Chen TPE 21.75 (SB) 0.116
6 8 221 Sanz Javier ESP 21.87 0.180
7 6 561 Kenty Christopher PLW 24.43 (PB) 0.164
3 815 Makusha Ngonidzashe ZIM DNS 0.000
Heat 5 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 11:14 Wind: -0.6 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 2 93 Barnett Brian CAN 21.07 Q 0.196
2 7 793 Smith Calvin USA 21.51 Q 0.178
3 3 600 Kumbane Kagisho RSA 21.71 0.154
4 4 489 Misans Elvijs LAT 22.05 0.311
5 8 723 Morgan Kervin TRI 22.21 0.147
6 5 525 Ngoshi Reagan NAM 22.39 0.160
6 812 Thabit Hassan Mohamed YEM DQ 0.189
Heat 6 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 11:20 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 295 Nelson Alexander GBR 21.15 Q 0.160
2 8 570 Pluta Mateusz POL 21.30 Q (PB) 0.176
3 7 140 Zhang Peimeng CHN 21.58 q (SB) 0.146
4 2 390 Aita Giuseppe ITA 21.58 0.167
5 5 425 Abiko Mitsuhiro JPN 21.79 0.237
6 3 521 Bongo Ahmed Odimba MRI 21.93 0.176
7 1 156 Tcheuko Serge CMR 22.56 (PB) 0.173
6 604 Mputla Tshegofatso RSA DQ 0.234
Heat 7 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 11:26 Wind: -0.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 528 Feller Jerrel NED 21.21 Q 0.160
2 6 313 Reus Julian GER 21.39 Q 0.149
3 5 160 Cop Matija CRO 21.51 q 0.139
4 2 651 Touré Katim SEN 21.66 (SB) 0.198
5 8 691 Johansson Simon SWE 21.75 0.144
6 3 254 Adalbert Alexandre FRA 21.96 0.152
7 1 665 Williams Withley SKN 22.62 0.175
4 8 Richardson Richard ANT DQ 0.216
Heat 8 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 11:32 Wind: -0.6 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 3 750 Ostrovsky Dmytro UKR 21.00 Q (SB) 0.159
2 6 243 Hongisto Visa FIN 21.51 Q 0.140
3 8 327 Müller Nils GER 21.57 q 0.158
4 2 65 Covic Nedim BIH 21.67 0.159
5 1 414 Taylor Tristan JAM 21.86 0.151
6 7 109 Cuffy Tyrell CAY 21.96 0.144
7 4 38 Setin Pavel AZE 22.31 0.176
8 5 721 Bledman Keston TRI 25.57 (SB) 0.147

Official Results - 200 Metres - Men - Semi-Final
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:25 Wind: -1.0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 3 750 Ostrovsky Dmytro UKR 21.00 Q (SB) 0.154
2 6 397 Galvan Matteo ITA 21.26 Q 0.238
3 7 313 Reus Julian GER 21.30 0.149
4 1 140 Zhang Peimeng CHN 21.34 (SB) 0.156
5 2 430 Ishitsuka Yusuke JPN 21.41 0.171
6 4 24 Mulcahy Kurt AUS 21.42 0.147
7 5 528 Feller Jerrel NED 21.47 0.171
8 8 110 Hyman Kemar CAY 21.54 0.141

Heat 2 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:31 Wind: -0.9 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 231 Niit Marek EST 21.06 Q 0.162
2 3 295 Nelson Alexander GBR 21.19 Q 0.156
3 4 786 Perry Willie USA 21.45 0.162
4 8 61 Matthijs Arnout BEL 21.49 0.181
5 7 327 Müller Nils GER 21.68 0.162
6 1 160 Cop Matija CRO 21.79 0.151
7 6 695 Strandquist Per SWE 21.81 0.167
2 243 Hongisto Visa FIN DNS 0.000

Heat 3 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:37 Wind: -1.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 93 Barnett Brian CAN 20.96 Q 0.182
2 2 742 Bodrov Ihor UKR 21.18 Q (PB) 0.172
3 5 192 Nazareno Franklin ECU 21.25 q 0.180
4 3 48 Gittens Ramon BAR 21.29 q 0.183
5 7 370 Szebeny Miklós HUN 21.37 0.156
6 8 793 Smith Calvin USA 21.46 0.193
7 4 570 Pluta Mateusz POL 21.50 0.163
8 1 293 Pierre Rion GBR 21.54 0.125

Official Results - 400 Metres - Men - Final
Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 19:25

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 724 Quow Renny TRI 45.74 (PB) 0.212
2 7 785 Oliver Justin USA 45.78 (PB) 0.163
3 6 300 Rooney Martyn GBR 45.87 0.188
4 5 56 Borlee Jonathan BEL 46.06 (PB) 0.158
5 2 421 Steele Edino JAM 46.42 0.175
6 8 413 Fothergill Allodin JAM 46.68 0.201
7 3 433 Kanemaru Yuzo JPN 46.70 0.161
8 1 95 Dargie Andrew CAN 46.87 0.175

Official Results - 1500 Metres - Men - Final
Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 20:15

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 464 Ndiwa Remmy Limo KEN 3:40.44 (SB)
2 505 Iguider Abdelati MAR 3:40.73
3 83 Ali Belal Mansoor BRN 3:41.36
4 465 Rono Geoffrey Kipkoech KEN 3:41.68
5 199 Tewelde Tsegai ERI 3:42.10 (NJ)
6 504 Elkaam Fouad MAR 3:42.59
7 220 Rodríguez Álvaro ESP 3:42.71
8 3 Bensaadi Abdelghani ALG 3:44.67
9 256 Belharbazi Otmane FRA 3:45.39
10 761 Bumbalough Andrew USA 3:46.89
11 735 Adar Jimmy UGA 3:48.16
12 675 Abdelgadir Abdalla SUD 3:49.27

Official Results - 400 Metres Hurdles - Men - Semi-Final
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 19:45
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 347 Papadópoulos Spirídon-Ioánnis GRE 50.79 Q (PB) 0.165
2 3 481 Shraheli Bandar KSA 50.83 Q (PB) 0.186
3 6 747 Melnykov Stanislav UKR 50.87 q 0.175
4 5 495 Kulnis Arturas LTU 51.92 0.214
5 4 530 Kranendonk Marius NED 52.06 0.173
6 1 766 Greene Joe USA 53.24 0.177
7 8 180 Bube Andreas DEN 53.35 0.193
8 2 471 Yoo Kyungmin KOR 53.74 0.252

Heat 2 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 19:54
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 637 Sakaev Vyacheslav RUS 51.30 Q 0.156
2 1 529 Franken Daniël NED 51.48 Q 0.156
3 6 335 Stoll Stephan GER 51.64 0.170
4 3 477 Daak Mohammed KSA 51.78 (PB) 0.189
5 2 34 Yong Andrew AUS 51.91 (PB) 0.153
6 5 429 Imai Junya JPN 52.15 0.141
7 8 545 Kalivati Nick NZL 53.08 0.174
7 599 Jonck Wiekus RSA DQ 0.164

Heat 3 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 20:03
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 762 Carter Chris USA 50.70 Q 0.165
2 4 459 Wambua John Kituu KEN 51.19 Q (PB) 0.177
3 3 142 Yu Zipei CHN 51.57 q 0.177
4 1 176 Prorok Josef CZE 52.29 0.178
5 6 594 Bloem Juan RSA 52.90 0.258
6 7 401 Guaschino Edoardo ITA 53.27 0.181
7 2 715 Wang Ching-Chun TPE 53.93 0.154
8 355 Villagrán Hans GUA DNS 0.000

Official Results - High Jump - Men - Final
Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:10

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 128 Huang Haiqiang CHN 2.32 (WJL)
2 389 Palli Niki ISR 2.29
3 743 Bondarenko Bohdan UKR 2.26 (PB)
4 562 Bednarek Sylwester POL 2.23
5 333 Spank Raul GER 2.23 (PB)
6 345 Hondrokoúkis Dimítrios GRE 2.19
7 249 Kyyhkynen Niko FIN 2.19 (PB)
8 776 Kindred Joe USA 2.15
9 35 Zamel-Paez Liam AUS 2.15
9 263 Deschamps Sebastien FRA 2.15
11 17 Brigg Kane AUS 2.10
12 291 Grabarz Robbie GBR 2.05

Athlete 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.19 2.23 2.26 2.29 2.32
Huang Haiqiang O O O O XO X- O XXO
Palli Niki - O O O XO O O XXX
Bondarenko Bohdan O O XO O XXO XXO XX-
Bednarek Sylwester O O XO O XO XXX
Spank Raul O O XO O XXO XXX
Hondrokoúkis Dimítrios O O O O XXX
Kyyhkynen Niko O O XO XO XXX
Kindred Joe O O O XXX
Deschamps Sebastien XO O XO XXX
Zamel-Paez Liam XO O XO XXX
Brigg Kane O XO XXX
Grabarz Robbie O XXX

Official Results - Pole Vault - Men - Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 5.20m or at least best 12 qualified
Group A - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:40
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 133 Li Kang CHN 5.20 Q (PB)
2 633 Prokopenko Pavel RUS 5.20 Q
3 175 Kudlicka Jan CZE 5.20 Q (PB)
4 568 Michalski Lukasz POL 5.15 q
4 329 Reitze Marvin GER 5.15 q
4 289 Cutts Luke GBR 5.15 q (PB)
4 10 Chiaraviglio Germán ARG 5.15 q
8 275 Martinot Loïc FRA 5.15 q
9 789 Roth Scott USA 5.15 q
10 440 Ogita Hiroki JPN 5.10
11 218 Moro Luís Fernando ESP 5.00
11 16 Boyd Matthew AUS 5.00 (SB)
13 63 Verelst Wim BEL 5.00
105 Petrucha Taylor CAN NM
Athlete 4.80 4.90 5.00 5.10 5.15 5.20
Li Kang O - O XXO - XO
Prokopenko Pavel - - O O - XXO
Kudlicka Jan XXO - O O - XXO
Cutts Luke O - O O O X-
Chiaraviglio Germán - - - O O -
Reitze Marvin - - O O O -
Michalski Lukasz O - O - O -
Martinot Loïc O - XO XO O -
Roth Scott - - - XO XXO -
Ogita Hiroki O - O O XXX
Boyd Matthew O - O XXX
Moro Luís Fernando O - O XXX
Verelst Wim XXO - XXO XXX
Petrucha Taylor XXX
Group B - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:40
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 148 Yang Yansheng CHN 5.20 Q
2 628 Kivalov Leonid RUS 5.20 Q
3 564 Didenkow Mateusz POL 5.15 q
3 745 Horovyy Serhiy UKR 5.15 q
3 321 Holzdeppe Raphael GER 5.15 q
6 59 Goossens Denis BEL 5.15 q
7 253 Salomäki Eemeli FIN 5.10 (PB)
8 349 Patsoukákis Dimítrios GRE 5.10
9 369 Szabó Dezsö HUN 5.10 (PB)
10 534 van Wengerden Wout NED 5.00
11 444 Suzuki Takafumi JPN 5.00
12 281 Marc Vincent FRA 4.80
13 185 Jørgensen Rasmus DEN 4.80
14 767 Hanson Phil USA 4.80
Athlete 4.80 4.90 5.00 5.10 5.15 5.20
Yang Yansheng - - O O - O
Kivalov Leonid - - XO - - O
Horovyy Serhiy - - O O O
Didenkow Mateusz O - O - O
Holzdeppe Raphael - - O - O
Goossens Denis O - XO O O
Salomäki Eemeli O - XO O XXX
Patsoukákis Dimítrios - - O XO XX- X
Szabó Dezsö XXO XO XO XO XXX
van Wengerden Wout O - XO XX- X
Suzuki Takafumi - - XXO XXX
Marc Vincent O - XXX
Jørgensen Rasmus XO XXX
Hanson Phil XXO XXX

Men's Decathlon

Official Results - 110m Hurdles (99.0cm) - Men - Decathlon Junior

Heat 1 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:00 Wind: 0.4 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 6 81 de Araújo Luis Alberto BRA 14.04 (CR) 969 0.177
2 3 154 Zhu Hengjun CHN 14.44 (PB) 918 0.194
3 2 328 Prey Matthias GER 14.61 (PB) 897 0.147
4 4 643 Vasilyev Arkadiy RUS 14.64 (PB) 894 0.173
5 7 685 Züblin Andreas SUI 14.99 (PB) 851 0.162
6 8 98 Gústavson Reid CAN 15.55 (PB) 784 0.140
7 5 548 Vandermade Jordan NZL 15.80 (NJ) 755 0.183
Heat 2 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:10 Wind: 1.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 3 165 García Yordanis CUB 13.94 (CR) 982 0.146
2 5 752 Shcherbakov Dmytro UKR 14.41 (NJ) 922 0.143
3 6 689 Barrefors Björn SWE 14.48 (NJ) 913 0.177
4 4 532 Sintnicolaas Eelco NED 14.58 (PB) 901 0.196
5 2 621 Dorofeev Sergey RUS 14.77 (PB) 878 0.185
6 8 179 Vácha Antonin CZE 14.90 (NJ) 862 0.198
7 7 244 Itani Sami FIN 15.05 (PB) 843 0.132
1 544 Fowler Kieran NZL DNS 0.000
Heat 3 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:20 Wind: 0.3 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 8 271 Querin Gaël FRA 14.37 927 0.182
2 7 563 Bodula Karol POL 14.56 (PB) 903 0.178
3 4 284 Awde Daniel GBR 14.80 (PB) 874 0.148
4 2 526 Boumans Frans NED 15.06 (PB) 842 0.159
5 5 229 Kukk Aigar EST 15.22 (PB) 823 0.145
6 1 332 Schrader Michael GER 15.36 807 0.180
7 3 790 Schmidt Shawn USA 15.41 801 0.173
8 6 137 Liu Haibo CHN 15.56 (PB) 783 0.207

Official Results - Discus Throw (1.750kg) - Men - Decathlon Junior
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 328 Prey Matthias GER 45.44 776
2 563 Bodula Karol POL 42.93 724
3 229 Kukk Aigar EST 42.24 710
4 165 García Yordani CUB 42.10 (PB) 707
5 685 Züblin Andreas SUI 38.53 (NJ) 635
6 621 Dorofeev Sergey RUS 37.63 (PB) 617
7 154 Zhu Hengjun CHN 36.71 (PB) 598
8 526 Boumans Frans NED 35.70 (PB) 578
9 98 Gústavson Reid CAN 32.48 (PB) 513
10 752 Shcherbakov Dmytro UKR 32.31 (PB) 510
544 Fowler Kieran NZL DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Prey Matthias 43.66 45.44 X
Bodula Karol 42.93 37.20 42.45
Kukk Aigar 41.96 41.17 42.24
García Yordani 42.10 X 36.82
Züblin Andreas X 37.78 38.53
Dorofeev Sergey 36.41 37.63 36.61
Zhu Hengjun X 36.71 36.26
Boumans Frans 35.70 30.86 34.79
Gústavson Reid 31.14 X 32.48
Shcherbakov Dmytro X X 32.31
Fowler Kieran NM NM NM
Group B - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 11:25
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 548 Vandermade Jordan NZL 44.97 (NJ) 766
2 81 de Araújo Luis Alberto BRA 43.36 (PB) 733
3 643 Vasilyev Arkadiy RUS 42.85 723
4 244 Itani Sami FIN 42.37 (SB) 713
5 179 Vácha Antonin CZE 39.03 (PB) 645
6 137 Liu Haibo CHN 38.83 (PB) 641
7 332 Schrader Michael GER 38.75 639
8 689 Barrefors Björn SWE 38.68 (PB) 638
9 790 Schmidt Shawn USA 37.98 624
10 532 Sintnicolaas Eelco NED 35.78 (PB) 579
11 271 Querin Gaël FRA 33.47 (PB) 533
284 Awde Daniel GBR NM
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Vandermade Jordan 41.91 44.97 X
de Araújo Luis Alberto 29.26 43.36 X
Vasilyev Arkadiy 37.68 X 42.85
Itani Sami X 42.37 X
Vácha Antonin X 39.03 38.47
Liu Haibo 26.70 38.83 33.49
Schrader Michael 38.75 38.41 X
Barrefors Björn 35.30 38.68 36.39
Schmidt Shawn X 37.98 35.70
Sintnicolaas Eelco 25.20 35.78 35.15
Querin Gaël 31.65 33.21 33.47
Awde Daniel X X X

Official Results - Pole Vault - Men - Decathlon Junior
Group A - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 16:00

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 532 Sintnicolaas Eelco NED 4.80 (PB) 849
2 643 Vasilyev Arkadiy RUS 4.80 (PB) 849
3 689 Barrefors Björn SWE 4.60 (PB) 790
4 154 Zhu Hengjun CHN 4.40 (PB) 731
5 284 Awde Daniel GBR 4.40 (PB) 731
6 179 Vácha Antonin CZE 4.30 (PB) 702
7 165 García Yordani CUB 4.20 (PB) 673
8 81 de Araújo Luis Alberto BRA 4.00 (PB) 617
9 244 Itani Sami FIN 3.50 482
332 Schrader Michael GER NM
790 Schmidt Shawn USA NM
544 Fowler Kieran NZL DNS

Athlete 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.90
Sintnicolaas Eelco - - - - - - - - - XO - O O XO XXX
Vasilyev Arkadiy - - - - - - - O O XO XO O O XO XXX
Barrefors Björn - - - - - - - O - O XXO O XXX
Zhu Hengjun - - - - - O - O - O XXX
Awde Daniel - - - - - XXO XXO - XO XO - XXX
Vácha Antonin - - O O O XO XO XO XO XXX
García Yordani - - O - - O O O XXX
de Araújo Luis Alberto O - O O XO O XXX
Itani Sami XO
Schmidt Shawn XXX
Schrader Michael - - - - - - - - XXX

Group B - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 16:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 229 Kukk Aigar EST 4.90 (PB) 880
2 137 Liu Haibo CHN 4.70 (PB) 819
3 685 Züblin Andreas SUI 4.60 (PB) 790
4 621 Dorofeev Sergey RUS 4.60 (PB) 790
5 563 Bodula Karol POL 4.40 (PB) 731
6 548 Vandermade Jordan NZL 4.40 (PB) 731
7 271 Querin Gaël FRA 4.20 673
8 526 Boumans Frans NED 4.10 645
9 752 Shcherbakov Dmytro UKR 4.00 (PB) 617
10 98 Gústavson Reid CAN 3.90 (PB) 590
11 328 Prey Matthias GER 3.70 535

Athlete 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.90 5.00
Kukk Aigar - - - - - - - O O XO O O O XO O XXX
Liu Haibo - - - - - O - O - O O O XO XXX
Züblin Andreas - - - - - O - O - O O O XXX
Dorofeev Sergey - - - - - O - O XO O XO XXO XXX
Bodula Karol - O O O O O O O XO O XXX
Vandermade Jordan - - O - O O O XO XXO XXO XXX
Querin Gaël - - - - - O - XO XXX
Boumans Frans - - XXO - O O O XXX
Shcherbakov Dmytro - O XO XO O XO XXX
Gústavson Reid - XO - - O - XXX
Prey Matthias - - XXO XXX

Official Results - Javelin Throw - Men - Decathlon Junior
Group A - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:00

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 165 García Yordani CUB 57.65 (PB) 703
2 526 Boumans Frans NED 54.80 660
3 328 Prey Matthias GER 53.28 637
4 98 Gústavson Reid CAN 51.86 (PB) 616
5 81 de Araújo Luis Alberto BRA 51.49 (PB) 611
6 179 Vácha Antonin CZE 51.38 (PB) 609
7 154 Zhu Hengjun CHN 50.80 (PB) 600
8 271 Querin Gaël FRA 50.76 (PB) 600
9 790 Schmidt Shawn USA 49.71 (PB) 584
10 752 Shcherbakov Dmytro UKR 46.54 (PB) 538
332 Schrader Michael GER DNS
244 Itani Sami FIN DNS

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
García Yordani 54.48 57.65 57.00
Boumans Frans 54.80 52.36 51.51
Prey Matthias 53.28 X X
Gústavson Reid 47.26 47.98 51.86
de Araújo Luis Alberto 46.42 51.49 51.31
Vácha Antonin 51.38 50.90 X
Zhu Hengjun 46.41 50.80 50.31
Querin Gaël 45.70 47.15 50.76
Schmidt Shawn 49.71 45.91 X
Shcherbakov Dmytro 40.10 44.18 46.54
Itani Sami NM NM NM
Schrader Michael NM NM NM

Group B - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 19:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 643 Vasilyev Arkadiy RUS 67.43 (PB) 850
2 548 Vandermade Jordan NZL 60.06 (PB) 739
3 229 Kukk Aigar EST 55.44 669
4 689 Barrefors Björn SWE 52.87 (PB) 631
5 563 Bodula Karol POL 50.31 593
6 685 Züblin Andreas SUI 47.93 (PB) 558
7 137 Liu Haibo CHN 47.13 (PB) 546
8 284 Awde Daniel GBR 46.77 (PB) 541
9 621 Dorofeev Sergey RUS 46.48 (PB) 537
10 532 Sintnicolaas Eelco NED 45.98 (PB) 529

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Vasilyev Arkadiy 59.78 67.43 NM
Vandermade Jordan 58.19 53.26 60.06
Kukk Aigar 54.92 55.44 50.86
Barrefors Björn 46.34 48.77 52.87
Bodula Karol 46.81 50.17 50.31
Züblin Andreas 45.52 X 47.93
Liu Haibo 45.63 47.13 46.01
Awde Daniel 45.23 44.93 46.77
Dorofeev Sergey 45.11 41.43 46.48
Sintnicolaas Eelco 45.98 NM NM

August 17 Results
WOMEN

Official Results - 200 Metres - Women - Heats
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:10 Wind: -0.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 3 70 Gomes Vanda BRA 24.04 Q (SB) 0.183
2 4 259 Stolle Juliane GER 24.12 Q 0.179
3 8 104 Chen Jue CHN 24.12 Q 0.155
4 6 440 Okparaebo Ezinne NOR 24.43 0.164
5 5 339 Briscoe Naffene JAM 24.53 0.180
6 7 196 Laukka Minna FIN 24.81 0.157
7 2 549 Golay Joëlle SUI 24.94 0.171
Heat 2 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:16 Wind: 0.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 638 Tarmoh Jeneba USA 23.90 Q 0.161
2 7 124 Wang Jing CHN 24.04 Q 0.214
3 2 572 Harnthong Kunya THA 24.30 Q 0.146
4 5 492 Mkenku Nombulelo RSA 24.44 0.216
5 8 321 Alfinito Beatrice ITA 24.57 0.156
6 3 558 Gustafsson Maria SWE 24.60 0.163
7 6 409 Danté Djénébou MLI 25.25 (SB) 0.192
Heat 3 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:22 Wind: -0.9 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 35 Ferguson Sheniqua BAH 23.90 Q 0.154
2 5 92 Hyacinthe Kimberley CAN 24.12 Q (PB) 0.177
3 7 517 Vdovina Ksenia RUS 24.26 Q 0.169
4 2 427 Sule Justina NGR 24.37 q (PB) 0.168
5 3 436 Hjort Malene NOR 24.71 0.205
6 1 10 Leitch Kate AUS 25.00 0.137
8 540 Mihalinec Maja SLO DQ 0.196
6 596 Pohrebnyak Natalya UKR DNS 0.000
Heat 4 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:28 Wind: -0.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 343 Leroy Anasthasia JAM 23.86 Q 0.179
2 3 67 Krasucki Franciela BRA 24.09 Q 0.153
3 8 461 Popowicz Marika POL 24.14 Q 0.156
4 7 11 Verlinden Laura AUS 24.41 q (SB) 0.141
5 2 212 Baflan Joellie FRA 24.69 0.241
6 5 416 Mayova Globine NAM 25.23 0.181
7 6 256 Galander Isabel GER 25.36 0.212
Heat 5 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:34 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 3 626 Mayo Gabby USA 23.62 Q 0.179
2 5 454 Klocek Ewelina POL 23.69 Q (PB) 0.221
3 2 215 Danois Johanna FRA 23.93 Q 0.199
4 4 317 Foster Amy IRL 24.28 q (PB) 0.172
5 7 81 Eftimova Inna BUL 24.59 0.174
6 8 175 Díez Andrea ESP 25.04 0.145
7 6 410 Attard Charlene MLT 25.41 0.242
Heat 6 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:40 Wind: -1.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 3 82 Naimova Tezdzhan BUL 23.60 Q 0.210
2 8 396 Grincikaité Lina LTU 23.84 Q (SB) 0.189
3 7 164 Cechová Katerina CZE 24.18 Q 0.150
4 2 188 Reier Ebe EST 24.68 0.175
5 4 93 George Phylicia CAN 25.07 0.194
6 6 48 Lozhechnik Volha BLR 25.32 0.192
7 5 359 Shimizu Megumi JPN 25.48 0.205
Heat 7 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:46 Wind: -0.7 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 360 Nakamura Takarako JPN 24.27 Q 0.263
2 6 658 Nachula Racheal ZAM 24.37 Q (PB) 0.200
3 7 548 Arrieta Valentine SUI 24.48 Q 0.184
4 8 578 Hackett Semoy TRI 24.59 0.187
5 2 494 Theron Wenda RSA 24.74 (SB) 0.217
6 3 143 Kouanga Sergine CMR 24.87 (PB) 0.172
7 5 331 Giovanetti Martina ITA 24.99 0.180
8 1 478 Ograzeanu Andreea ROM 25.05 0.188

Official Results - 200 Metres - Women - Semi-Final
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:05 Wind: -2.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 82 Naimova Tezdzhan BUL 23.63 Q 0.183
2 6 70 Gomes Vanda BRA 24.14 Q 0.197
3 8 164 Cechová Katerina CZE 24.34 0.170
4 5 360 Nakamura Takarako JPN 24.35 0.195
5 3 92 Hyacinthe Kimberley CAN 24.53 0.182
6 2 259 Stolle Juliane GER 24.67 0.181
7 7 517 Vdovina Ksenia RUS 24.68 0.189
8 1 11 Verlinden Laura AUS 25.02 0.152

Heat 2 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:11 Wind: -2.0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 626 Mayo Gabby USA 23.69 Q 0.197
2 5 454 Klocek Ewelina POL 23.72 Q 0.185
3 4 35 Ferguson Sheniqua BAH 23.93 q 0.192
4 2 104 Chen Jue CHN 23.94 0.148
5 3 67 Krasucki Franciela BRA 24.14 0.179
6 8 658 Nachula Racheal ZAM 24.51 0.200
7 1 572 Harnthong Kunya THA 24.71 0.172
7 427 Sule Justina NGR DNS 0.000

Heat 3 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:17 Wind: -1.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 343 Leroy Anasthasia JAM 23.57 Q 0.167
2 5 124 Wang Jing CHN 23.78 Q 0.171
3 3 638 Tarmoh Jeneba USA 23.91 q 0.108
4 7 215 Danois Johanna FRA 23.99 0.184
5 1 461 Popowicz Marika POL 24.00 0.156
6 8 317 Foster Amy IRL 24.52 0.169
7 2 548 Arrieta Valentine SUI 24.93 0.190
6 396 Grincikaité Lina LTU DNS 0.000

Official Results - 400 Metres - Women - Final
Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 19:15

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 154 Grgic Danijela CRO 50.78 (WJL) 0.199
2 5 346 Sutherland Sonita JAM 51.42 0.251
3 4 547 El Jack Nawal SUD 51.67 (SB) 0.181
4 3 511 Zadorina Kseniya RUS 51.99 0.200
5 7 606 Beard Jessica USA 52.51 0.191
6 8 422 Adesanya Sekinat NGR 52.71 0.228
7 1 115 Li Xueji CHN 52.84 0.190
8 2 421 Abugan Folashade NGR 52.87 0.195

Official Results - 100 Metres Hurdles - Women - Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:35 Wind: 1.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 628 Ofili Tiffany USA 13.68 Q 0.177
2 2 595 Plotitsyna Anna UKR 13.73 Q 0.256
3 4 222 Galtier Manuela FRA 14.06 Q 0.214
4 6 38 Beckles Kierre BAR 14.07 Q 0.173
5 7 565 Rundqvist Emilia SWE 14.11 q (PB) 0.202
6 1 541 Ozimek Urška SLO 14.49 0.187
7 8 20 Holt Tara AUS 14.50 0.125
8 3 385 Asanalieva Aiganysh KGZ 14.61 (PB) 0.182
9 397 Tamošaityte Sonata LTU DQ 0.000
Heat 2 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:42 Wind: 0.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 7 441 Vukicevic Christina NOR 13.51 Q 0.144
2 3 610 Clarke Shalina USA 13.86 Q 0.150
3 4 197 Korte Annimari FIN 13.93 Q 0.187
4 1 90 Holder Nikkita CAN 13.97 Q (PB) 0.276
5 8 491 Kleynhans Erika RSA 14.07 q (PB) 0.184
6 6 137 Zhang Hongpei CHN 14.15 0.160
7 5 325 Balduchelli Sara ITA 14.47 0.179
8 2 446 Torr Veronica NZL 14.83 0.243
Heat 3 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:49 Wind: 0.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 254 Elbe Anne-Kathrin GER 13.56 Q 0.142
2 7 341 Clarke Kettiany JAM 13.58 Q 0.171
3 1 151 Erega Arna CRO 13.68 Q (NJ) 0.196
4 5 238 Hohn Zara GBR 13.90 Q 0.178
5 3 88 Hucul Jenni CAN 14.08 q (PB) 0.159
6 6 386 Jung Hye-Lim KOR 14.08 q 0.166
7 8 169 Møller Anne DEN 14.12 (PB) 0.160
8 2 551 Reuse Clélia SUI 14.14 0.205
Heat 4 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:56 Wind: 0.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 523 Shtepa Yekaterina RUS 13.51 Q 0.209
2 2 352 Ruddock Natasha JAM 13.73 Q 0.244
3 7 46 Paplauskaya Katsiaryna BLR 13.74 Q 0.227
4 3 203 Lindström Giia FIN 13.84 Q (PB) 0.112
5 5 39 Stanford Kimberly BAR 14.15 0.171
6 1 182 Torrijos Ana ESP 14.18 0.135
7 8 482 Radu Elena ROM 14.24 0.174
8 4 404 Dueñas Karla MEX 14.54 0.279
Heat 5 - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 10:03 Wind: 0.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 501 Fedoriva Aleksandra RUS 13.60 Q 0.196
2 1 272 Hildebrand Nadine GER 13.80 Q 0.140
3 3 398 Reuland Kim LUX 14.01 Q (NJ) 0.211
4 6 109 Jiang Yanhua CHN 14.08 Q 0.196
5 8 228 Rileose Claudia FRA 14.13 0.152
6 5 434 Hagle Marie NOR 14.13 0.182
7 7 542 Petan Maja SLO 14.29 0.167
8 2 650 Asanova Natalya UZB 14.48 0.283

Official Results - 400 Metres Hurdles - Women - Final
Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:45

Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 3 351 Spencer Kaliese JAM 55.11 (WJL) 0.148
2 4 623 Leach Nicole USA 55.55 0.242
3 5 347 Pinnock Sherene JAM 56.67 (PB) 0.175
4 6 660 Jabir Adam Muna SUD 57.03 0.177
5 8 425 Odumosu Ajoke NGR 57.38 0.207
6 7 508 Ott Anastasiya RUS 57.47 0.193
7 2 570 Almouhamad Ghfran SYR 58.49 0.162
8 1 249 Shakes-Drayton Perri GBR 59.37 0.184

Official Results - 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Women - Final
Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 18:55

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 383 Tuigong Caroline Chepkurui KEN 9:40.95 (CR)
2 473 Bobocel Ancuta ROM 9:46.19 (AJ)
3 191 Tadese Mekdes Bekele ETH 9:48.67
4 391 Jelizarova Polina LAT 9:58.76 (NJ)
5 430 Bjerkeli Grøvdal Karoline NOR 10:00.44 (NJ)
6 378 Kirop Beatrice Cheruiyot KEN 10:10.99 (PB)
7 273 Hiller Julia GER 10:11.67 (PB)
8 614 Fowler Amy USA 10:11.73
9 248 Senior Ruth GBR 10:13.58
10 622 Lawrence Marie USA 10:17.84
11 75 Heitling Sabine BRA 10:28.32
12 303 Erdélyi Zsófia HUN 10:41.71

Official Results - Long Jump - Women - Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 6.20m or at least best 12 qualified
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind
1 475 Deiac Cornelia ROM 6.25 Q (0.8)
2 222 Galtier Manuela FRA 6.23 Q (0.3)
3 280 Leipold Anika GER 6.18 q (0.1)
4 510 Pidluzhnaya Yuliya RUS 6.18 q (-0.3)
5 42 King Arantxa BER 6.14 q (0.7) (SB)
6 423 Akagbare Blessing NGR 5.97 (0.7)
7 439 Utsi Onstad Oda NOR 5.94 (0.4)
8 323 Amato Serena ITA 5.85 (0.3)
9 615 Harvey Natasha USA 5.83 (-0.7)
10 31 Schrott Beate AUT 5.74 (-0.8)
11 310 Végvári Dóra HUN 5.70 (0.3)
12 77 Venâncio Kauiza BRA 5.69 (0.4)
13 354 Taha Rima JOR 5.52 (0.3)
14 654 Kotlyarova Aleksandra UZB 5.39 (-0.2)
138 Zhang Lan CHN NM (-0.2)

Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Deiac Cornelia 5.97 (-0.6) 6.25 (0.8) NM
Galtier Manuela 6.04 (1.1) 6.03 (-0.1) 6.23 (0.3)
Leipold Anika 6.13 (-0.7) 6.18 (0.1) 6.14 (0.4)
Pidluzhnaya Yuliya 6.18 (-0.3) 6.10 (0.6) 6.10 (0.5)
King Arantxa 6.11 (0.5) 5.44 (-0.6) 6.14 (0.7)
Akagbare Blessing 5.94 (0.9) 5.97 (0.7) 5.69 (-1.1)
Utsi Onstad Oda 5.73 (-0.7) 5.92 (-0.3) 5.94 (0.4)
Amato Serena X 4.18 (-0.1) 5.85 (0.3)
Harvey Natasha 5.50 (0.0) 5.83 (-0.7) X
Schrott Beate X X 5.74 (-0.8)
Végvári Dóra 5.65 (1.1) 5.66 (0.0) 5.70 (0.3)
Venâncio Kauiza 5.61 (-1.1) 5.69 (0.4) 5.67 (0.2)
Taha Rima 5.40 (-0.1) 5.52 (0.3) 5.49 (0.7)
Kotlyarova Aleksandra X X 5.39 (-0.2)
Zhang Lan X X NM
Group B - Thursday, August 17, 2006 - 9:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind
1 579 Watkins Rhonda TRI 6.47 Q (0.5)
2 538 Kokot Nina SLO 6.29 Q (1.1)
3 445 Penney Jesica NZL 6.26 Q (-0.7)
4 529 Španovic Ivana SER 6.24 Q (0.2) (NJ)
5 140 Zhang Yuan CHN 6.23 Q (-0.4)
6 227 Quernel Charlène FRA 6.21 Q (-0.7) (PB)
7 195 Pesola Noora FIN 6.14 q (-0.9) (PB)
8 252 Bauschke Melanie GER 6.05 (-0.7)
9 37 Stuart Bianca BAH 6.05 (-0.2)
10 237 Harris Amy GBR 6.02 (0.4)
11 1 Proctor Shara AIA 6.01 (0.0)
12 318 Proper Kelly IRL 5.91 (0.3)
13 485 Sandu Cristina ROM 5.88 (-0.1)
14 659 Maugara Namatirai ZIM 5.43 (0.9)
625 Matthew Sarah USA NM (-0.5)
555 Berntsson Linda SWE DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Watkins Rhonda 6.04 (-0.2) 6.47 (0.5) NM
Kokot Nina 6.29 (1.1) NM NM
Penney Jessica 6.26 (-0.7) NM NM
Š panovic Ivana 6.24 (0.2) NM NM
Zhang Yuan X 6.23 (-0.4) NM
Quernel Charlène 6.21 (-0.7) NM NM
Pesola Noora 6.14 (-0.9) X X
Bauschke Melanie 6.05 (-0.7) X 5.98 (0.2)
Stuart Bianca X 6.05 (-0.2) X
Harris Amy 6.00 (0.1) 5.95 (0.5) 6.02 (0.4)
Proctor Shara 5.90 (-0.9) 5.89 (0.5) 6.01 (0.0)
Proper Kelly X X 5.91 (0.3)
Sandu Cristina 5.79 (0.5) 5.74 (0.1) 5.88 (-0.1)
Maugara Namatirai 5.31 (-0.5) 5.43 (0.9) 4.66 (0.1)
Matthew Sarah X X X
Berntsson Linda NM NM NM

Team USA finds silver lining in Beijing - Vicky Oddi for USATF

BEIJING, China - Justin Oliver (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and Nicole Leach (Philadelphia, Pa.) each brought home silver medals for Team USA on day three at the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships at the Chaoyang Sport Centre in Beijing.

2006 U.S. Junior runner-up Justin Oliver claimed the silver medal in the men's 400 meters with his runner-up finish of 45.78 seconds. Oliver had a strong start and was in the lead for much of the race, but was edged out in the last four steps by Trinidad and Tobago's Renny Quow (45.74). "It was a good race, I felt like I had a perfect race," Oliver said afterwards. "I set a huge personal record and I'm very happy with that."

2006 U.S. Junior champion Nicole Leach, who took fourth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, went out strong in the women's 400-meter hurdles but was caught by Jamaica's Kaliese Spencer on the backstretch. Despite a valiant effort to catch Spencer, Leach crossed the line in 55.55 seconds to bring home the silver medal. After the race, Leach said, "I'm disappointed. I was the world leader. I planned to take the race; I just needed to execute the plan. I struggled with my stride pattern."

In other finals, 2006 U.S. Junior champion Jessica Beard (Euclid, Ohio)was fifth in the women's 400 meters, crossing the line in 52.51 seconds. St. Augustine's standout Joe Kindred took eight in the men's high jump with his clearance of 2.15 meters/7 feet 0.5 inches.

In the men's 1,500 meter final, 2006 U.S. Junior 5,000m champion Andrew Bumbalough (Brentwood, Tenn.) finished in 10th place in 3 minutes 46.89 seconds. 2006 U.S. Junior runner-up Amy Fowler (Fairfield, Texas) was eighth in the women's 3,000m steeplechase, finishing in 10:11.73 while 2006 U.S. Junior champion Marie Lawrence (Reno, Nev.) was 10th in 10:17.84.

2006 U.S. Junior champion Shawn Schmidt (Plano, Texas) placed 19th in the men's decathlon with 5,645 points. Schmidt showed tremendous courage in the event when, after fouling his three attempts in the long jump, he continued with his competition. He trudged on, even after he failed to clear a height in the pole vault, not wanting his trip to Beijing to be for naught.

The opening rounds of the women's 200 meters saw Jeneba Tarmoh (San Jose, Calif.) and yesterday's 100m silver medalist Gabby Mayo (Raleigh, N.C.) each win their heats in 23.90 and 23.62 respectively to qualify for the semi-finals later in the night. "I feel blessed to have the opportunity to compete here in Beijing," Tarmoh said after the first round. Mayo came back in the PM session to win her semi-final heat in 23.69 while Tarmoh was third in her heat in 23.91. Both advanced to Friday's final.

In the women's 100-meter hurdles first round, 2006 U.S. Junior champion Tiffany Ofili (Ypsilanti, Mich.) won her heat in 13.68 seconds while high school standout Shalina Clarke (Round Lake, Ill.) took second in her heat in 13.86. Both advanced to Friday's semi-finals.

2006 U.S. Junior champion Chris Carter (Ogden, Utah) qualified for the finals of the men's 400-meter hurdles, winning his heat in the fastest time of the day of 50.70 seconds. University of Albany standout Joe Greene (Geneva, N.Y.) was sixth in his heat, crossing the line in 53.24.

In the men's 200 meter opening rounds, 2006 U.S. champion Willie Perry (Lenoir, N.C.) got out to a comfortable start before turning it on to win his heat in 21.11 while Calvin Smith (Tampa, Fla.) was second in his heat in 21.51. In the semi-final round, Perry took third in his heat in 21.45 while Smith was sixth in 21.46.

2006 U.S. Junior champion Natasha Harvey (West Haven, Conn.) was ninth in group A of the women's long jump with a leap of 5.83 meters/19 feet 1.5 inches while soon-to-be Stanford freshman Sarah Matthew (Niwot, Colo.) fouled her three attempts in group B. "I think I made the biggest mistake of my life," Matthew said on her way off the track. "I didn't know I had scratched my first jump, so I went all out on two and three and ended up scratching them too. I didn't get any marks in."

Team USA medal tally as of August 17 - Gold (0) Silver (4) Justin Oliver (Stone Mountain, Ga.), M400: 45.78; Nicole Leach (Philadelphia, Pa.), W400H: 55.55; Gabby Mayo (Raleigh, N.C.), W100: 11.42; Antone Belt (Berkeley Springs, W.V.), MLJ: 7.95m/26-1 Bronze (0)

World Junior Champs, Day 3 – AM session summary
Thursday 17 August 2006

Beijing, China - Yordanis García of Cuba continued in personal best territory on the second day of the men’s Decathlon, as the third morning session of the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships got underway in extremely humid weather conditions at the Chaoyang Sport Centre.

In the second of three heats of the 110m Hurdles, the 17-year-old World Youth champion, sped to a 13.94 second PB (+1.2m/s wind) for the 99cm height sprint hurdles, ducking under 14 seconds for the first time in his career. The run was the fastest of all the Combined Eventers and garnered the Cuban 982 points. Six events finish, five personal bests Garcia’s tally! His overall total of points - 5184.

With a 15.80 sprint hurdles New Zealand’s Jordan Vandermade, second over night, slipped to overall fourth (4935), while Ukraine’s Dmytro Shcherbakov rocketed up to second (14.41 sec; 5012pts overall), with Russia’s Arkadiy Vasilyev (14.64 sec; 5003pts overall) remaining in third position.

A 42.10m personal best in the first group of the Discus (707pts) continued Garcia’s magnificent Decathlon, and brought his seven event total to 5891pts. Shcherbakov’s best throw in the same group was just 32.31m (510) plummeting the Ukrainian done to sixth overall (5522). Vasilvev moved into second position (5726) thanks to his 42.85m (723), while Vandemade moved back into the medals positions (5701), throwing an excellent 44.97m (766) which was a personal best.

Away from the Decathlon, the highlight of the morning came via some relaxed wins in the men’s 200m, preliminary round one.

Ukraine’s Dmytro Ostrovsky was the quickest with a season’s best of 21.00 seconds but looking the most confident was Canadian Brian Barnett with 21.07. If the way he sauntered down the final 60 metres of the fifth heat is anything to go by, then his 20.70 personal best is living on borrowed time with further rounds to come here in China.

The season’s fastest, but one of the disappointments of the 100m, Willie Perry of the USA, seems to have made a remarkable recovery from the Hamstring twinge which saw him fail to qualify for the final of the dash. Looking anything but injured Perry won the first 200m heat in 21.11, the third fastest time of the morning.

All the eight heat winners looked strong, and Franklin Nazareno of Ecuador who won race three did so in a national junior record of 21.21.

There was little time for rest for last night’s women’s 100m winner, and to her great credit Bulgarian Tezdzhan Naimova (23.60) even looked perky in the opening round of the 200m, and considering her performance in the 100, was impressive in setting the fastest time of the qualifiers.

In the women’s 100m Hurdles opening round, the joint fastest were Christina Vukicevic of Norway and Russia’s Yekaterina Shtepa with 13.51 second runs, while in the Long Jump qualification it was world junior season leader Rhonda Watkins of USA who dominated with a 6.47m leap, 18 centimetres further than her nearest opponent.

The men’s Pole Vault will be fought out by 15 finalists, with China’s Yansheng Yang and Kang Li qualifying the best of the five athletes to clear the automatic mark (5.20m), while World Youth champion and the silver medallist at these junior championships four years ago in Italy, Argentina’s Germán Chiaraviglio also went through to the final thanks to his 5.15m clearance. Chiaraviglio is the world junior season's leader with a personal best of 5.70m.

Chris Turner for the IAAF

World Junior Champs, Day 3 – PM session summary
Thursday 17 August 2006
Beijing, China - Despite a deluge of superb results that occurred during a packed programme of eight finals (including the Decathlon) on the third evening session of the 11th edition of the IAAF World Junior championships, there was no doubting the highlight was the 2.32m High Jump victory of China’s Haigiang Huang.

Huang who had been one of the guest athletes at the IAAF press conference which launched these championships four days ago, had confirmed then that his hero was China’s three-time World record breaker of the early 1980’s Jianhua Zhu, and by the level of his performance tonight he might soon be emulating him at senior level.

The final had promised to be a two-way duel between Huang and Israel’s Niki Palli, who came to these championships with the world season’s junior lead, a personal best of 2.30m, one centimetre better then the Chinese, who is the reigning World Youth champion. And that’s how it turned out.

Both men were clear at 2.29m but had the competition ended there the Huang would have lost the gold on count-back due to a first-time failure at 2.26m, which was the only difference in the duo’s jumping cards at that point. With the bar raised to 2.32m, and Palli jumping first and having three failures, it was down to Huang with his and the last jump of the competition to attempt to grab the gold. It was a pressured situation in front of an enthusiastic home crowd; Huang did not buckle; the bar did not wobble; a roar erupted in the stadium; China had gold.

Bronze went to Ukraine’s Bohdan Bondarenko whose 2.26m was a PB. Palli's silver was Israel's first ever World Junior medal.

Estonian stuns with 5th best junior triple jump of all-time

And China believed they also had high hopes of gold in the women’s Triple Jump but with the Estonian team already on a high after the World junior record breaking feats of Magnus Hunt in the men’s Discus Throw, compatriot Kaire Leibak found inspiration and never let the lead slip from her very first 13.84m effort.

By the time that China’s Sha Li, the World Youth champion, managed to surpass that distance with 13.87m in the third round, just 10 centimetres shy of her personal best, the Estonian was already up to 13.94m (2nd jump), and the title seemed to have been put well beyond doubt when Leibak moved to an impressive 14.05m in the fourth.

However, round five gave the stadium’s Chinese faithful some hope as in response to a mighty 14.01m leap by Ukraine’s Liliya Kulyk, Li also bounded to exactly the same distance. With two athletes suddenly only four centimetres adrift of the lead, perhaps Estonia’s second gold of these championships was not yet bagged we wondered. But Chinese and Ukrainian hopes were in reality forlorn as in the final round their athletes failed to produce – 12.55 for Kulak and a foul for Li – and punishing them for the impudence of their challenge, Leibak stunned with a last round 14.43m. It was the world season junior lead of course and the fifth best jump by a junior of all-time. Her previous PB was 13.98m on 21 June. It was party time again in Beijing for the Baltic state.

Stylish Spencer takes hurdles in fourth best run all-time

Jamaican Kaliese Spencer with a 55.12 second run became the fourth fastest junior women’s 400m hurdler in history, securing the World Junior gold in what not surprisingly was also the quickest run by a junior this year.

Nicole Leach of USA, who before this evening was the fastest this summer (55.35), was fast out of the blocks and had the early lead but Spencer was close by all the time, and as the stagger revealed its secrets it was the Jamaican who held a 5 metres advantage coming into the final straight. Victory was Spencer’s as Leach could not close, finishing in 55.11 for silver. While the American’s run-in was all effort, the winner’s approach to the line was an effortless looking run of some style.

Sudan’s Muna Jabir Adam was in bronze position until two or three metres before the line, but then her legs failed her, allowing Sherene Pinnock to nip past for the second Jamaican medal of the race… 56.67 to 57.03.

Tuijong - unopposed victory

By the amount of energy exerted by Kenyan Caroline Chepkurui Tuigong, as she dashed unopposed to take the World Junior gold in the women’s 3000m Steeplechase, the Kenyan was physically prepared for any attack her opponents might have tried to make this evening.

However, Mekdes Bekele Tadese of Ethiopia who led at the bell cannot have had her own fight for the gold aided when her lead foot heavily collided with the very next barrier. How she managed to land on her feet heaven only knows, and perhaps it was just exhaustion on her part which caused the miscalculation but within the next 20 metres Romania’s Ancuta Bobocel and Tuigong had nipped past her in the battle for the title.

Yet Bobocel didn’t have the extra gear to cope with the Kenyan’s final attack going into the last bend, and finished an excellent silver medallist in a European Junior record of 9:46.19, in the wake of Tuigong’s 9:40.95 championship record. Tadese hung on for bronze, thanks to her earlier pace making efforts which had broken the top three away from the field, and the fourth and fifth place finishes of Latvia’s Polina Jelizarova (9:58.76) and Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal (10:00.04) were national junior records.

Sutherland blasts off but ties up as Grgic powers home

Sonita Sutherland is perhaps now regretting her decision to put so much effort into the opening 300 metres of the women’s 400m final. The Jamaican gave it her all from the gun, and while in the lead approaching the penultimate hurdle she looked totally spent coming off it. Taking the opportunity presented to her was Croatian Danijela Grgic who finished fast for gold in 50.78, a world junior season’s lead. A ragged looking Sutherland crossed in second (51.42), with the bronze going to World Youth champion Nawal El Jack of Sudan (51.67).

Quow times gold campaign to perfection

Britain’s Martyn Rooney, the fastest in the field (45.35) looked about to close out the men’s 400m final as the race entered the mouth of the last straight, holding a 2 to 3 metres lead on his opponents but just when we expected the 19-year-old to go away further, we saw there was no more fuel left in his tank.

The Commonwealth Games fifth placer had not taken the opening three quarters of the race in the same extravagant style as Sutherland in the women’s final but physically he could neither hold onto nor capitalize on his advantage when firstly Trinidad and Tobago’s Renny Quow went past for gold (45.74) and then just before the line USA’s Justin Oliver denied him the silver too (45.78). The top two finishers established PBs, and Rooney was third in 45.87.

Quow, 18, the CAC Junior champion, had looked good throughout both the earlier rounds, a 45.91 heat (15 Aug) and a 46.18 semi final (16 Aug), and timed his run to perfection, his previous PB being 45.82 (2005).

Kenyan prevails as large pack sprint for 1500m gold

The men’s 1500m final, which with the exception of its Combined Event equivalent rounded-off the track programme this evening, saw a pack of seven athletes descending on the line in a delightfully entertaining last ditch battle for gold. Kenya’s Remmy Limo Ndiwa was the man with the fastest final burn winning in a season’s best (3:40.44) which just did enough to hold off Morocco’s Abdelati Iguider (3:40.73). Bahrain’s Ali Belal Monsoor stumbled in the last 5 metres but just held on for third (3:41.36) ahead of Kenyan Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono (3:41.68). There was an Eritrean national record in fifth for Tsegei Tewelde (3:42.10).

Vasilyev prevails over Garcia

Yordani Garcia of Cuba continued to excel in the last three events of the Decathlon but it was not enough to hold off the assault of Russia’s Arkadiy Vasilyev who had been in one of the top three medal positions throughout the two days, though on most occasions behind the Cuba’s World Youth champion. In the end it was just a matter of the more mature athlete prevailing, Garcia, 17, being nearly two full year’s younger than the Russian who heads this season’s world junior list (8131pts).

The only one of his ten events in which Garcia didn’t PB over the last two days was the Long Jump, as he continued this afternoon and then this evening with lifetime bests in the Pole Vault (4.20m – 673pts), Javelin (57.65 – 703pts), and finally a 1500m career best of 4:55.97 (583pts).

However, Vasilyev’s talent and experience was not to be denied and his 4.80m (849pts) Pole Vault, itself a PB, was decisive in taking the lead from Garcia which he was never again to relinquish. His Javelin throw of 67.43 (850pts) was also his best ever, and with a rapid accumulation of extra points in those events the 1500m was always going to be a stroll. Even there Vasilyev’s 4:47.44 netted 51 points more than Garcia. The winner can also be very satisfied with five personal best of his own in Beijing, and a final total of 8059 points, a championship record (new implement weights).

In second place, Garcia’s 7850pts was a national junior record, as was Jordan Vandermade’s 7807 finish in third for bronze. Nine personal bests were the secret to the New Zealander’s success - 10.86; 7.16; 14.97; 1.98; 48.96; 15.80; 44.97; 4.40; 60.06; 4:47.09 – with only the 400m behind his career best.

In the qualifiers…

Jamaica’s Anasthasia Leroy with 23.57 headed the qualifiers for the final of the women’s 200m, with Bulgaria’s 100m winner Tezdzhan Naimova (23.63) looking good for the sprint double, though USA’s Gabby Mayo (23.69) looked particularly relaxed winning her heat.

Canada’s Brian Barnett (20.96 – 3rd heat) was the fastest of the men’s 200m semi-finalists, the only man under 21.00 seconds, while Chris Carter of the USA (50.70) looked every bit the gold medal ticket in the 400m Hurdles’ semi-final stage.

Chris Turner for the IAAF

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